Updated: 10/03/2007

What are the basics of main()

function main() is the application''s main routine where a program starts execution.It is the first user-written function run when a program starts.Object-oriented C++ programs consist mostly of classes, but there''s always at least one C-like function: main(). main() is called more or less at the beginning of the program''s execution, and when main() ends, the runtime system shuts down the program. main() always returns an int, as shown below:

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